Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-03
Brakeman Plaisted.

Mr.. Plaisted, in the New Age this week,
takes delight in proclaiming that he had no
hand in promoting the establishment of the Ed.
wards Mtg Coin Augusta and developing our
water power. 1t was needless for Mr.Plaisted
to make proclamation of this fact, because it
iswell known to all our citizens that instead
OF aiding any public enterprise, he has been
a ''brake ON the wheels of progress" But
when Mr.. Plaisted undertakes to charge that
the republicans, as republicans were respon-
sible for the establishment of the Edwards
Mgf. Company here, 1t is statement which
they can survive and which would be greatly
to their credit, were it strictly true. We
regret that some republicans opposed this
Company, and we have always been willing
to credit large number of democrats with
favoring it. If we remember rightly, at the
public meeting which was held and in which
this whole question was presented to our
citizens and was acted upon with great un-
affinity, Hon J. w. Bradbury, Capt. R. w.
Black, Mr.. VIM. r Smith, Mr.. W. S.
Badger, Mr.. E. c. Allen, Mr.. Oscar Holway,
DR.. G. w. Martin, Mr. j. E. Fuller, Mr..
Benz. F. Parrot, Mr.. Geo. A. Cony, Mr.. L.
B. Fowler, Mr.. Darius Alden, and large
number of other gentlemen, somewhat identi
fed with the democratic party in this city,
very earnestly favored the proposal of the
Edwards Mig Company fixing for taxation
the valuation of their property,at the sum
which the citizens advised the assessors
to place it at. We do not think any of tn
gentlemen have regretted the action they
took at the public meetng we are very frank
to admit, Mr.. Plaisted, that we favored it,
and we have never regretted our action. 1t is
in keeping with Mr.. Plaisteds course, that
at the present time, when our citizens are
very DESTROYS of having the Edwards Compa-
ny erect another large cotton mill in our
midst, when the stockholders of this corpora
ton, in compliance with the request that has
been made upon them by the Board of Trade
and prominent gentlemen of the city, have
inserted in the call for their annual meeting,
which occurs in this city next Thursday even
ing, 4 proposition to increase their capital
stock and to instruct the directors to erect a
new mill--we say it is in keeping with the
course of Mr.. Plaisted that at this juncture he
should slur the Edwards Company, and by
inIirection do all that he can to prevent the
enlargement and growth of this corporation,
which means prosperity to the city. We have
never sought to refer to this matter in po-
litical way, and we shall not do so, even
though Mr.. Plaisted attempts to make it a
political question. We know very well that
the republicans are not entitled to all the
credit of establishing this manufacturing in
terest IN our midst; very many of our lead
ing Democrats, large taxpayers and good
citizens, favored this movement; as we have
stated, they have encouraged it all along,
and want the corporation to thrive and pros
per, as does every good citizen, irrespective
of party views. 1t has been left for Mr..
Plasted, and Mr.. Plaisted alone, to sneer
and slur at this corporation. He is welcome
to all the glory he can achieve in this 1rec-
ton. He is simply doing what we have per-
sisted that he was doing, making himself a
"brake on the wheels of progress